The Delegate from Alaska shall at the time of his election have been a citizen for 7 years of the United States, and shall be an inhabitant and qualified voter of the District of Alaska, and shall not be less than 25 years of age.

The Delegate from Hawaii shall possess the qualifications necessary for membership of the Senate of the Legislature of Hawaii. In order to be eligible to election as a senator, a person shall (1) be a citizen of the United States, (2) have attained the age of 30 years, (3) and have resided in the Hawaiian Islands not less than 3 years and be qualified to vote for senators in the district from which he or she is elected.

Right to vote

H. FEDERAL SOLDIERS VOTING LAW

In time of war, every member of the Armed Forces, absent from his place of residence, who was eligible to register and is qualified to vote under the laws of his State, shall be entitled to vote in elections for President, Vice President, United States Senators, and Representatives in Congress (50 U. S. C., sec. 301).

Registration

Registration is not required, notwithstanding any provision of State law relating to the registration of qualified voters (50 U. S. C., sec. 301).

Obtaining the ballot

Application for a ballot shall be made by post card of a designated form to be printed under the direction of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Treasury, and the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board.

These above-mentioned officers shall cause such post cards to be delivered in hand to each member of the Armed Forces who is absent from his place of residence, cards to be delivered outside the United States to be available not later than August 15 prior to the election, and cards to be delivered within the United States to be available not later than September 15 prior to the election (50 U. S. C., sec. 329 (a)).

Affidavit

Upon one side of such post card shall be printed a form of affidavit showing qualification of the voter. This should be filled out and executed before a commissioned or warrant officer, noncommissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant or petty officer, or other persons authorized to administer oaths (50 U. S. C., sec. 329 (b)). Return of ballot

Wherever practicable and compatible with military or merchantmarine operations, it shall be the duty of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Treasury, the Postmaster General, and the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board to cooperate with State officers in transmitting ballots to and from electors (50 U. S. C., sec. 330).

Poll taxes

No person in military service in time of war shall be required to pay a poll tax or any other tax as a condition of voting in a Federal election (50 U. S. C., sec. 302).

Voting in accordance with State law

The right of any member of the Armed Forces to vote in accordance with the law of his home State shall not be restricted by this act (50 U. S. C., sec. 303).

Recommendation to the States

Congress recommended that the several States enact legislation to provide for (1) absentee voting by members of the Armed Forces and of the merchant marine or civilians outside the United States serving with the Armed Forces, in Federal, State, and local elections and primaries (50 U. S. C., sec. 321); (2) use of post cards as applications for ballots (50 U. S. C., sec. 322 (a)); (3) waiver of registration (50 U. S. C., sec. 322 (b), (c)); (4) cooperation in handling post-card applications and distribution of absentee ballots (50 U. S. C., sec. 323); (5) distinctive markings, weight, and size of envelopes and balloting units (50 U. S. C., sec. 324); (6) printed forms for establishing legal voting rights (50 U. S. C., sec. 325); (7) simple instructions for marking of ballots (50 U. S. C., sec. 326); (8) changes in State laws, where needed, to provide ample time for mailing ballots. Cooperation of Federal Government with the States

The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and the Treasury, and the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration (now Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board) are required to have printed an adequate number of post-card applications, and to make them available to those persons to whom the act is applicable outside the United States prior to August 15, and inside the United States prior to September 15, in each year in which a general Federal election is held; and, when compatible with military and merchant-marine operations, to make them available at appropriate times in other general elections, and in primary and special elections (50 U. S. C., sec. 329). They are further required to cooperate with the States in transmitting absentee ballots and in the distribution of information concerning forthcoming elections (50 U. S. C., secs. 328, 330, 331).

Voting safeguards

The act directs that necessary steps be taken to prevent fraud, to protect the voters against coercion, and to safeguard the secrecy of ballots cast. Such acts by officers as attempting to influence members of the Armed Forces in voting and requiring marching to the polls, are declared unlawful, but the free discussion of political issues or candidates is not prohibited (50 U. S. C., sec. 341).

Free postage

Official post cards, ballots, instructions, etc., shall be transmitted free of postage, including air-mail postage (50 U. S. C., sec. 352). Administration

Responsibility for administering the above provisions is placed with (1) the Secretaries of the Army and Navy with respect to members of the Armed Forces and civilians serving with those forces outside the United States, (2) the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard and civilians connected therewith, and (3) the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board with respect to members of the merchant marine (50 U. S. C., sec. 353).

Selective-service inductees

Any person, inducted into the Armed Forces for training and service under the Selective Service Act, who is qualified to vote under the laws of his State of residence, shall, during the period of such service, be permitted to vote in person or by absentee ballot in any general, special, or primary election occurring in his State, and shall not be required to pay a poll tax or any other tax for the privilege of voting in a Federal election. Such person shall not be entitled to a furlough of more than 1 day for the purpose of voting (50 App. U. S. C., sec. 459 (i)).

Polling members of Armed Forces

Polling members of the Armed Forces either before or after election with reference to their vote or choice of any candidate, is forbidden, and a penalty of $1,000 or imprisonment for 1 year is set for the offense (18 U. S. C., sec. 596).

II. TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS CREATING SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1952, AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES

A. HOUSE RESOLUTION 558, EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND

SESSION

Resolved, That a special committee of five Members be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to investigate and report to the House not later than January 3, 1953, with respect to the following matters:

1. The extent and nature of expenditures made by all candidates for the House of Representatives in connection with their campaign for nomination and election to such office.

2. The amounts subscribed, contributed, or expended, and the value of services rendered, and facilities made available (including personal services, use of advertising space, radio and television time, office space, moving-picture films, and automobile and other transportation facilities) by any individual, individuals, or group of individuals, committee, partnership, corporation, or labor union, to or on behalf of each such candidate in connection with any such campaign or for the purpose of influencing the votes cast or to be cast at any convention or election held in 1952 to which a candidate for the House of Representatives is to be nominated or elected.

3. The use of any other means or influence (including the promise or use of patronage) for the purpose of aiding or influencing the nomination or election of any such candidates.

4. The amounts, if any, raised, contributed, and expended by any individual, individuals, or group of individuals, committee, partnership, corporation, or labor union, including any political committee thereof, in connection with any such election, and the amounts received by any political committee from any corporation, labor union, individual, individuals, or group of individuals, committee, or partnership.

5. The violations, if any, of the following statutes of the United States: (a) The Federal Corrupt Practices Act.

(b) The Act of August 2, 1939, as amended, relating to pernicious political activities, commonly referred to as the Hatch Act.

(c) The provisions of section 304, Public Law 101, Eightieth Congress, chapter 120, first session, referred to as the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947.

(d) Any statute or legislative Act of the United States, or of the State within which a candidate is seeking nomination or reelection to the House of Representatives, the violation of which Federal or State statute, or statutes, would affect the qualification of a Member of the House of Representatives within the meaning of article I, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States.

6. Such other matters relating to the election of Members of the House of Representatives in 1952, and the compaigns of candidates in connection therewith, as the committee deems to be of public interest, and which in its opinion

will aid the House of Representatives in enacting remedial legislation, or in deciding any contests that may be instituted involving the right to a seat in the House of Representatives.

7. The committee is authorized to act upon its own motion and upon such information as in its judgment may be reasonable or reliable. Upon complaint being made to the committee under oath, by any person, candidate, or political committee, setting forth allegations as to facts which, under this resolution, it would be the duty of said committee to investigate, the committee shall investigate such charges as fully as though it were acting upon its own motion, unless, after a hearing upon such complaint, the committee shall find that the allegations in such complaint are immaterial or untrue. All hearings before the committee, and before any duly authorized subcommittee thereof shall be public, and all orders and decisions of the committee, and of any such subcommittee shall be public.

For the purpose of this resolution, the committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such public hearings, to sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Eighty-second Congress, to employ such attorneys, experts, clerical, and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such correspondence, books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, and to take such testimony, as it deems advisable. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by such chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such chairman or member.

8. The committee is authorized and directed to report promptly any and all violations of any Federal or State statutes in connection with the matters and things mentioned herein to the Attorney General of the United States in order that he may take such official action as may be proper.

9. Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by authority of said committee or any subcommittee thereof, willfully makes default, or who having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the investigation heretofore authorized, shall be held to the penalties prescribed by law.

That said committee is authorized and directed to file interim reports whenever in the judgment of the majority of the committee, or of a subcommittee conducting portions of said investigation, the public interest will be best served by the filing of said interim reports, and in no event shall the final report of said committee be filed later than January 3, 1953, as hereinabove provided.

B. HOUSE RESOLUTION 691, EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND

SESSION

Resolved, That the expenses of conducting the investigation authorized by H. Res. 558, considered and agreed to on May 12, 1952, incurred by the Special Committee To Investigate Campaign Expenditures, 1952, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $30,000, including expenditures for employment of such experts, special counsel, and such clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House on vouchers authorized by said committee and signed by the chairman of the committee, and approved by the Committee on House Administration.

SEC. 2. The official stenographers to committees may be used at all hearings held in the District of Columbia, if not otherwise engaged.

III. TEXT OF FEDERAL STATUTES GOVERNING ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, APPEARING IN UNITED STATES COde, 1946 EDITION, AND SUPPLEMENT V TO JANUARY 7, 1952

[NOTE. The texts of sections 2a-9 and 201-226 of title 2 relating to election of Representatives and contested elections are omitted, but presented herewith are the texts of those provisions (secs. 241-256) of title 2 relating to Federal Corrupt Practices. Also quoted here are those provisions of the Hatch Act which appear in title 5 of the United States Code. All provisions of the Federal Criminal Code relating to elections including those sections of the Corrupt Practices Act not in title 2 and those provisions of the Hatch Act not in title 5, are quoted as they appear in revised title 18 of the United States Code, supplement V. The provision (sec. 315) of title 47 of the United States Code, relating to equal facilities to candidates for broadcasting, is also quoted herein from the text.]

A. ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES AND CONTESTED ELECTIONS There are several sections appearing in chapter 1 of title 2, United States Code, relating to the reapportionment of Representatives (sec. 2a), nominations for Representatives at large (sec. 5), reduction of representation (sec. 6), date of congressional elections (sec. 7), filling of vacancies (sec. 8), and the type of ballots to be used in voting for Representatives (sec. 9). Chapter 7 of title 2 relates to contested elections and established a statutory procedure which must be followed in contested election cases presented to the Committee on House Administration (secs. 201-226). (See supra, 2. Election contestsCommittee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections under E. Investigation and contests at p. 7.)

B. FEDERAL CORRUPT PRACTICES

[United States Code, 1946 ed., and supplement V to January 7, 1952]

CHAPTER 8. FEDERAL CORRUPT PRACTICES

Sec. 241. Definitions.

When used in this chapter and section 208 of Title 18

(a) The term "election" includes a general or special election, but does not include a primary election or convention of a political party;

(b) The term "candidate" means an individual whose name is presented at an election for election as Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States, whether or not such individual is elected;

(c) The term "political committee" includes any committee, association, or organization which accepts contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the election of candidates or presidential and vice presidential electors (1) in two or more States, or (2) whether or not in more than one State if such committee, association, or organization (other than a duly organized State or local committee of a political party) is a branch or subsidiary of a national committee, association, or organization;

(d) The term "contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable to make a contribution;

(e) The term "expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or any thing of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure;

(f) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, and any other organization or group of persons; (g) The term "Clerk" means the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States;

(h) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Senate of the United States;

(i) The term "State" includes Territory and possession of the United States.

Sec. 242. Chairman and treasurer of political committee; duties as to contributions; accounts and receipts.

(a) Every political committee shall have a chairman and a treasurer. No contribution shall be accepted, and no expenditure made, by or on behalf of a political committee for the purpose of influencing an election until such chairman and treasurer have been chosen.

(b) It shall be the duty of the treasurer of a political committee to keep a detailed and exact account of

(1) All contributions made to or for such committee;.

(2) The name and address of every person making any such contribution, and the date thereof;

(3) All expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee; and

(4) The name and address of every person to whom any such expenditure is made, and the date thereof.